Inadmissible Account of William P. Smith
Document 1797Simmons received letter from Henley on July 31 covering the account of Ensign Wiliam P. Smith in the amount of $60.00. It is inadmissible to the Office and therefore returned to Henley. Herewith Henley will receive an abstract of the Warrant from August 11th to 19th.
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Amount brought over — — — D[r]
To Lieutt John McClallen — — — — — — —
Surgeons Mate John P. Coffin, including 1210/100 Drs short
calculated on Rations in a settlement made
with him June 19. 1797.
making the above mentioned sum of — — — Drs [undecipherable]
The difference between this amount and that of the [undecipherable]
transmitted by you arises from the above mentioned sh[ort]
calculations in Mr. Coffin's former account of Subsisten[ce]
a short charge of one half Cent now made by him & th[e dif-]
ferent Officers in their respective accounts from the [time]
they were last settled with for Subsistence to the 31 May [1797]
that is to say 25½ in lieu of 25 Cents p[er] Ration
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
David Henley Esqr. Department of Wa[r]
A.M.D. Accountants Off[ice]
Knoxville, Tennessee September 1st 1797
Sir
I received your letter of 31st July covering an [account]
of Ensign William P. Smith amounting to sixty dollar[s which]
is inadmissible at this Office I therefore return it to [you]
enclosed.
Herewith you will receive abstract of W[ar]
from 11th to 19th August 1797
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Lieutt Nanning S. Visscher Accountants Office
Albany September 2d. 1797
Sir
you will receive from Samuel Lewis Clerk
in the War Office the sum of sixty dollars being for you[r]
pay for the months of July and August 1797 for which
you will be pleased to forward him the proper receipt
for the same. I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Wylie Pope Esqr. Department of War
Wilkes County. Accountants Office
Georgia Septr. 5th 1797
Sir
I received your letter of the 4th Ultimo
accompanied by a package of Receipt Rolls for payments
made by you to the Militia of Georgia which shall be
placed under examination, and the result thereof com-
municated to you in due time.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct Dept. War
Lieutt Robert Rowan Accountants Office
Fort Oswego Septemr. 14th 1797
Care of Josh. Chapin Esqr Kanandaigua
Sir
You will receive from Samuel Lewis Clerk in
the War Office the sum of eight hundred and two dollars and [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons received letter from Henley on July 31 covering the account of Ensign Wiliam P. Smith in the amount of $60.00. It is inadmissible to the Office and therefore returned to Henley. Herewith Henley will receive an abstract of the Warrant from August 11th to 19th.
Date
09/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797090121055
Page start
263
Notable persons
David Henley
William Simmons
agent war department
Ensign William P. Smith
Notable locations
Knoxville, Tennessee
Accountant's Office
Notable items
inadmissible
abstract
account


